The principle of equal protection is a positive concept implying equality of treatment in equal circumstances.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Speakwhen you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Luck never mad a mad man wise

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

It'snot hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.